Conductor support



Patented Dec. 18, 1923.

ETE S SAMUEL S. MATTHES, 0F IWANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSGNOR TO THE OHIO BRASS COMPANY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, .A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CONDUCTOR sUrPoR'r.

Application filed October 1, 1923. Serial No. 685,773.

To @ZZ 107mm t may Concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. MATTHES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conductor Supports, ot which the Jfollowing is a speciiication.

My invention relates to conductor supports and has particular reference to that class of support used in connection with trolley conductors which cross each other, and which is designed to arrange for the current collector to pass the crossing point without being thrown out of electrical engagement with its conductor.

The object of my invention is to produce a device which is simple, ei'licient, light in construction and easy to install, and my invention resides in the new and novel con` struction, combination and relation of the various parts as herein disclosed and further set forth in the drawing accompanying this specification.

In the drawing:

vFigure 1 is av side view in elevation ot the center support and two diametrically disposed arms, all of which are shown in relation with the crossed trolley conductors.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the center structure of my invention Vtaken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of my invention shown as secured to two trolley wires crossing each other at' right angles.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the center structure of' my invention shown as secured to two crossed trolley wires at right anglesl to each other..

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the end portion of one of the radiating arms taken, as for instance, on the line -Gof Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7--7 of Fig. 2.

n the preferred construction embodying my invention I employ a lower member 1 and an upper member 2. The lower member is provided with a plurality of projecting studs 3 which are usually arranged in pairs diametrically opposite each other. Thel projecting studs are not continuous at the center, but are spaced apart, leaving a space or gap 4. Interposed in the center of the space or gap 4 is a projecting stud 5 which tends to shorten the gap between the di-amet`- rically disposed studs 3 in order to assist 1n guiding the current collector Jfrom one stud across to the opposite stud. The member 1 is also provided with a socketed recess and shown as internally threaded in Fig. 2. The projecting studs 8 are provided with other projecting studs 4 to which are secured tubular projecting arms 5 by means of rivets or pins 6. The upper member 2 is composed of two clamping members 7 and 8. Each member is provided with channels 9 and 10 respectively and angularly disposed to each other to receive the trolley wires 11 and 12. r1`he clamping members 7l and 8 are held in fixed relation to each other and to the trolley wires 11 and 12 by means ot' bolts or cap screws 13 as shown. l/Vhen the members 7 and 8 are in position the trolley wires are in contact with each other and disposed in their corresponding groove in the member 7 or 8 and are iixedly held there by the fastening members 13. The angularity of the grooves or channels 9 and 10 depends upon the angle at which the trolley wires cross each other. The same is true of the angular spacing of the members 3 of the lower member 1. c

l The member 7 is provided with a projecting member 14 which .in turn is provided with a socl'eted recess 15. Positioned in the recess 15 is the head oi' a bolt 16, the shank or' which projects downwardly therefrom and is secured in the threaded recess in the lower member 1. The side walls of the recess 15 correspond with the side faces or" the head or" the bolt 16 as shown in Fig. 7 so that the two may be rotated simultaneously. Interposed between the lower :tace of the head oic the bolt 1G and the adjacent face or wall or' the member 14 is a flat spring 17 which tends to hold the lower and upper members 1 and 2 in engagement with each other when in normal position.

To the outer ends of the members 5 is secured an end member 18 provided with a groove formed by means of the lips19 to receive the trolley wires 11 and 12. The lips 19 originally form a U shaped groove which is'readily applied to the trolley wire and when the lips are peened over as shown in Fig. 3 the end members 18 are securely attac-hed to the trolley wires. The end member 18 is providedk with a projecting stud 20 which is inserted Within the tubular arm and secured thereto by means of the pins or Y studs 21.

ln assembling the various parts, the bolt 16 isv lirst positioned in the member 7 With the spring 17 interposed as shown in Fig. By rotating the memberl 7 the threaded por tion ot the bolt 16 can be made to engage with the'member 1, andivhen the members 1 and '7 have been brought together by rotating to the limit oit rotation, the members are backed oil sut"cient amount to bring the groove 9 in the member 7 in proper alinement with the nearest arm 5. The spring 17 being under compression, will maintain the members 7 and 1 in engagement with each other and, therefore, prevent movement of these 'parts due to Vthe backing ott of the member? relative to the member 1. The tubular arms 5 are secured 'to the projections et and 2O as shown. l-laving assembled the parte thus tar, these assembled parts are placed in position with respect to the trolley Wires and the lips 19 peened into position and the member 8 then secured in position by means of the bolts 13, or these tivo latter peration's may be reversed, the member 8 being secured in position prior to the lips 19 being peened into place. Y

'there aremany modiiications inthe 'details o1 construction ot my invention which, it will be quite evident, can be made and still maintain the l'eature-o"A my invention.

My invention givesl a simple, light and eit- Aicient device and one in which long approach arms 5 may be used without excessive cost or Weight,

Having described my invention, l claim: 1. ,en article of manufacture comprising a member provided with a plurality of radiating arms, means on the end of each arm to engage and grip a. conductor, a second member mounted above the lirst member and secured thereto and having means to engage and grip the trolley conductors and means on the first member to permit a current collector to pass from one arm to a diametrically disposed arm.

An article ot manufacture comprising 'a member provided with a plurality of ra.-

diating arms, means on the end of each arm to engage and grip a conductor, a. second member mounted on the first member and secured thereto in rotatable relation, means secured to the second member to grip a plurality ot crossed conductorstherebetween.

3. An article/of manufacture comprising a member provided with a plurality ot ra diating arms, means on the end of each arm to'engage and grip a'conductor, a second member rotatably secured to the first mem ber and provided with means to grip a plurality of conductors.

L1. An article ot manufacture comprising a member provided with radial projections, a

tubular arm secured to each projection, gripping means secured to the end of each arm and provided with means to grip a conductor, a second member secured to the first member and .provided Withmea-ns to gripe plurality or crossed conductors;

5. A center construction for ay cross-over device comprising a member having a plurality o'lI Vradiating projections to receive arms, a rotatable member secured to the i'irst member and provided ivit-h a socket, a fastening devicewin said socket and engaging the first. member and al clamping member secured to the rotatable member to engage and grip a plura ly of conductors.

G. AA center construction for a. cross-over device comprising a member having` plurality of radiating projections to receive rms, a second member detachably secured to the first member and comprising two parts between which are positioned a plurality oit crossed conductors and means to dra-w the tivo said parts into gripping engagement, with the conductors.

7. A center construction' for a cross-over device comprising a. member provided With means to receive a `plurality of radiating arms, a second member secured to the tiret member and comprising tivo parts to receive and grip a vplurality of crossed conductors therebetween and means to .move the parts into gripping engagement with the conductors.

8. A center construction rfor a cross-over device comprising a member provided With means to receive a plurality ot radiating arms, a second member secured to the lirst member in detachable and rotatable relation thereto and means on the second member to receive and grip Va plurality of crossed conductors. c

9. A center construct-ion for a cross-over device comprising a. member provided with means to receive a plurality of radiating arn'is, a. second member secured to the first member in detachable relation thereto, means to yieldingly maintain the members in engagement and means on the. second member to receive and grip a plurality of crossed conductors. A

10. A center construction for a cross-over device comprising aI member provided with means to receive a plurality et radiating arms, second member secured to the irst member in rotatable'relation thereto, means to yieldinglyv maintain the members in engagement and means on the second member to receive and grip a plurality of crossed conductors..

11. An end member for the radiating arms of a cross-over device comprising a body having a. U shaped groove therein formed by bendable lips to receive and grip a conductor and means projecting from said body to receive an arm. of the cross-over device and means 'forming a runway for e current collecter from tre conductor to the arm orvice versa.

l2. Ari end member for the radiating arms of e cross-over device comprising a body having a, U shaped groove therein formed by bendabie iips to rev eive and grip a conductor and ine-ans )rojectirig` from ssi-id body to receive a, tubular 1 -rm of the crossover device and means forming a runway for a Current coiletor from the conductor to the arm or vice versa.

18. A center construction with a` crossover device comprising e member provided with ineens to receive a plurality oi' radici? ing' zii-iris and means io receive a plurality of crossed condueors and iiieas coeperabn ing Wiii said means to engage and grip the conductors therebetween.

In tes'imony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL S. MATTHES. 

